Caregiver accused of stealing from WWII veteran

A private in-home caregiver to a 93-year-old World War II veteran with dementia is accused of stealing his credit cards to go on a shopping spree.

Deputies arrested 42-year-old Shneo Brice of Fort Myers after she was caught by surveillance cameras using those cards at several Publix stores across Lee County.

Receipts show she also made one purchase at an athletic shoe store.

In all, investigators say Brice wracked up nearly $4,500 in charges.

"He helped to give us our freedom and apparently she didn't appreciate hers enough," said Tina Chabot, the victim's main caregiver. "You just don't do that. It's wrong and it's an embarrassment to the profession."

Chabot says she hired Brice earlier this year to help her out at night and on the weekends.

"I felt really bad because I was the one that suggested her," said Chabot. "She took good care of him, so that's why it was the last person I would have thought of."

NBC2 spoke to the victim as well, whose family requested we not use his name. He's a veteran of two wars — World War II and the Koran War — and a two-time Purple Heart recipient.

"I've never had that happen," he said. "I'm more careful now. I don't leave my stuff out."

With Brice facing numerous felony charges, including fraud, Chabot is reminding other families to take precaution.

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